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Selma, AL

17,442 Population
13.8 square miles 1,263.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$24,726 ±$2,785 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Selma, AL Micro Area: $24,368 ±$1,542
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$32,184 ±$5,556 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Selma, AL Micro Area: $36,810 ±$3,543
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

28.3% ±4.8% (4,815  ±818) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 29% † 10,748 (±3.1% / ±1,160)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

24.2 minutes ±2.2 (141,060  ±20,205) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 25.9 336,525 (±1.3 / ±27,407)
  • a little less than the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

7,796 ±438 Number of households
  • the Selma, AL Micro Area: 15,416 ±426
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.2 ±0.1 (17,037  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 2.4 37,059 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

6.1% ±3.4% (256  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 6.6% † 566 (±2.3% / ±195)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

9,449 ±389 Number of housing units
  • the Selma, AL Micro Area: 18,949 ±43
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$102,500 ±$8,588 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Selma, AL Micro Area: $97,400 ±$8,859
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

16.1% ±4.3% (2,736  ±739.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 11.5% † 4,226 (±2.4% / ±876)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

88.3% ±6.1% (10,417  ±822) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 87.1% 22,206 (±4.3% / ±1,103.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
19.1% ±2.8% (2,247  ±342.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 17% † 4,338 (±1.9% / ±488.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±1.3% (525  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 1.5% 578
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

6% ±1.7% (797  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Selma, AL Micro Area: 6.2% † 1,780 (±1.2% / ±337)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
797 Total veterans ±227 708 Male ±223 89 Female ±58

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